The Gulf Federation’s Competitions Committee will hold a meeting tonight to determine the second qualifier from the first group in the Gulf 27, after Oman and Iraq’s points were tied at 4 points each, Saudi Arabia qualified from the lead with 9 points, and Oman relied on fair play to qualify.
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The identity of the second qualifier for the first group in Gulf 27 between Oman and Iraq will be determined after they are equal in points, goals and yellow cards, which requires resorting to the fair play standard.
The Abu Dhabi Sports Channel correspondent said that the Gulf Federation’s competitions committee is holding a meeting tonight to determine the second qualifier from the first group, whether it is the Omani team or its Iraqi counterpart.
The closing night of the first group matches in “Gulf 27” witnessed exciting drama after Iraq lost to the host Saudi team with a score of 0-2.
On the other hand, Oman beat Kuwait with a score of 3-1, allowing the Saudi team to qualify from the top spot with a full score of “9 points.”
The balance of Iraq and Oman stopped at 4 points, in addition to being equal in the number of goals scored and received, as well as equal in the number of yellow cards.
It is noteworthy that the Omani players celebrated after the end of their match against Kuwait after receiving news that they had officially qualified from the runner-up position with “fair play.”

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